How do we avoid over-treating skin cancer in people with severe frailty and limited life expectancy?

James B. Powell; Jugdeep K. Dhesi; Catherine A. Harwood; Emily J. McGrath; Zoe C. Venables; Ser-Ling Chua; Stephen G. Keohane; Raj Mallipeddi; Jerry R. Marsden; Rubeta N. Matin; Ashish Sharma; M. Firouz Mohd Mustapa; the British Association of Dermatologists’ Clinical Standards Unit and guideline development groups for managing people with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma in situ, Merkel cell carcinoma and actinic keratosis

doi:10.1093/bjd/ljaf174

How do we avoid over-treating skin cancer in people with severe frailty and limited life expectancy?

James B. Powell, Jugdeep K. Dhesi, Catherine A. Harwood, Emily J. McGrath, Zoe C. Venables, Ser-Ling Chua, Stephen G. Keohane, Raj Mallipeddi, Jerry R. Marsden, Rubeta N. Matin, Ashish Sharma, M. Firouz Mohd Mustapa, the British Association of Dermatologists’ Clinical Standards Unit and guideline development groups for managing people with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma in situ, Merkel cell carcinoma and actinic keratosis

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Original language	English
Journal	British Journal of Dermatology
Early online date	16 May 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/bjd/ljaf174
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 16 May 2025

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Powell, J. B., Dhesi, J. K., Harwood, C. A., McGrath, E. J., Venables, Z. C., Chua, S.-L., Keohane, S. G., Mallipeddi, R., Marsden, J. R., Matin, R. N., Sharma, A., Mohd Mustapa, M. F., & the British Association of Dermatologists’ Clinical Standards Unit and guideline development groups for managing people with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma in situ, Merkel cell carcinoma and actinic keratosis (2025). How do we avoid over-treating skin cancer in people with severe frailty and limited life expectancy? British Journal of Dermatology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjd/ljaf174

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